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. ♪ >> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm tonight in "the war room." debate? what debate? >> 40 straight months with unemployment above 8%? >> 8.2%. >> jennifer: america gets the jobs report, the president gets a political boost and mitt romney loses two of his favorite talking points. >> now and then you are going to say something that does not come out right. >> and to all of those hidden video donors, i would like to welcome you to the mitt romney flip flop support group. we have meetings every tuesday. ♪ >> jennifer: william edwards demming, he is a 20th century management guru he coined the phrase in god we trust, all others bring data. it has since been the guiding principal of countless ceos from general election to google. well the republicans may need a knew principal. remember these numbers? 42 million versus 24 million. those numbers are from a bloomberg study showing over the last 50 years, democrats created nearly twice as many jobs as republicans did. that is significant data. those are some cold hard facts. well today, that data got stronger. the unemploym
. ♪ >> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm tonight in "the war room." debate? what debate? >> 40 straight months with unemployment above 8%? >> 8.2%. >> jennifer: america gets the jobs report, the president gets a political boost and mitt romney loses two of his favorite talking points. >> now and then you are going to say something that does not come out right. >> and to all of those hidden video donors, i would like to welcome you to the mitt...
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>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the second hour of "the war room," in our special coverage of hurricane sandy and the politics surrounding it, the very latest on rescue and recovery efforts in new york city and new jersey and a look at the storms' potential impact on the 2012 election now just seven days away. >> jennifer: let's get right to it. we'll go straight to new jersey where abc news correspondent t.j. winnick is on the ground in cape may on the jersey shore. t.j., welcome back inside "the war room." what's the latest on the ground? >> reporter: jennifer, as we said earlier you know, here in cape may it really dodged a bullet because the wind shifted last night but further north on the jersey shore atlantic city, ocean city, asbury park, point pleasant, all of these communities have been absolutely devastated by the storm surge last night. right now, we know 2.5 or 2.6 million people in the state of new jersey without power. governor chris christie says it will be eight days at the very least befo
>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the second hour of "the war room," in our special coverage of hurricane sandy and the politics surrounding it, the very latest on rescue and recovery efforts in new york city and new jersey and a look at the storms' potential impact on the 2012 election now just seven days away. >> jennifer: let's get right to it. we'll go straight to new jersey where abc news correspondent t.j. winnick is on the ground in cape may on the...
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i'll coming to >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight the war room goes operational. ♪ >> shock and yawn gives way to ground and pound. after one of the most intense aerial bombardments in political history, the war for four more is placed in the hands of the foot soldier. the name of the game? sweat equity. both armies are on the march. the depth for passion, inspiring, and with dedication to purpose and belief in their cause, they call they mail they knock they rock! their mission, the four most important words in the political world, get out the vote. ♪ >> jennifer: the democratic army is on the march. we are fighting for every last county, every last precinct, every last vote. we're going into battle here people suit up and get ready to roll out. president obama is leading the charge, and he will being deployed to four states today. at 0800 he flew from washington, d.c. to davenport iowa then off to denver colorado, and from there on to los angeles to type the tonight show with jay leno. he has still got to head to nevada
i'll coming to >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight the war room goes operational. ♪ >> shock and yawn gives way to ground and pound. after one of the most intense aerial bombardments in political history, the war for four more is placed in the hands of the foot soldier. the name of the game? sweat equity. both armies are on the march. the depth for passion, inspiring, and with dedication to purpose and belief in their cause, they call they mail they knock they rock! their...
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you have survived though >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm, we are in new york city. if you are looking for the best political analysis anywhere you have come to the right place. it's friday night in "the war room," and it starts right now. ♪ >> this is a bunch of stuff. look here is the deal -- >> what does that mean a bunch of stuff. >> it means it is simply inaccurate. >> it's irish. >> we irish call it a whole bunch of malarky. >> jennifer: there was a bunch of stuff being thrown around last night but jolting joe biden didn't let them go unchecked. here he is on paul ryan's medicare proposal. >> this is a plan that is bipartisan. it's a plan i put together with a prominent democrat senator -- >> not one democrat endorses it. >> our partner is a democrat from oregon -- >> and he said he no longer supports it -- >> but put it together with a former clinton director -- >> who disavows it. >> jennifer: the partner is democrat ron widen and ron widen had his own response today, saying quote . . . and that wasn't the only tall tail from ryan. here he is criticizing th
you have survived though >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm, we are in new york city. if you are looking for the best political analysis anywhere you have come to the right place. it's friday night in "the war room," and it starts right now. ♪ >> this is a bunch of stuff. look here is the deal -- >> what does that mean a bunch of stuff. >> it means it is simply inaccurate. >> it's irish. >> we irish call it a whole bunch of malarky. >>...
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♪ >> jennifer: okay. forgive me but it is completely appropriate that we start tonight with a tip of my hat and cup to my detroit tigers. for the moment anyway providing a distraction from really more unpleasant matters. it pains me to say this but mitt romney's debate performance was really one of record books. because according to the gallup poll he beat president obama by more than 50 points. that's the biggest spread in any presidential debate ever. now romney is going to go head to head with the president on domestic issues and foreign policy. romney laid out his clearest foreign policy plan to date. he opened with an attack on the president's handling on libya. >> romney: with violent extremists on the march, it is career that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. i know the president hoped for a safer freer and more prosperous middle east allied with us i share this hope but hope is not a strategy. >> jennifer: and neither is rhetoric. and romney was
♪ >> jennifer: okay. forgive me but it is completely appropriate that we start tonight with a tip of my hat and cup to my detroit tigers. for the moment anyway providing a distraction from really more unpleasant matters. it pains me to say this but mitt romney's debate performance was really one of record books. because according to the gallup poll he beat president obama by more than 50 points. that's the biggest spread in any presidential debate ever. now romney is going to go head to...
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jennifer grandholm. ing tonight in "the war room," all right, paul ryan let's see what you have got. ♪ >> and fighting out of the blue corner, the delaware destroyer, the pride of our '95, joe biden! and in the other corner paul ryan. [ crickets chirping ] >> the other guy is no push over, but here what he doesn't have. the ability to look american workers straight in the eye and i will fight for your job with my last breath because i can garnen-darn-tee ya that this guy can. give 'em hell, joe! ♪ >> in the next three months i will not have a job, i'm pretty sure. but for sure by the end of the year we will be completely done. >> they are moving equipment out, and they are letting us know every day, that they are leaving no matter what that they are still sending operation over to china, and that . . . to me they are letting us know we mean nothing to them. we're just nobody. we're nothing. >> my children don't understand that. they are like just go get a job. well there's just there. >> jennifer: th
jennifer grandholm. ing tonight in "the war room," all right, paul ryan let's see what you have got. ♪ >> and fighting out of the blue corner, the delaware destroyer, the pride of our '95, joe biden! and in the other corner paul ryan. [ crickets chirping ] >> the other guy is no push over, but here what he doesn't have. the ability to look american workers straight in the eye and i will fight for your job with my last breath because i can garnen-darn-tee ya that this guy...
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of we'll see you next time. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," the president speaks directly to the american people. mitt romney let's down his guard among a group of fundraisers haven't we seen this movie before? with much of washington still in the throws of general disarray, the president holds his first post election press conference. as to this mandate business. >> obama: i got one mandate. i got a mandate to help middle class families, and families that are working hard. that's my mandate. >> jennifer: and tax cuts to the rich? >> obama: when it comes to the top 2% what i'm not going to do is extend further a tax cut for folks who don't need it. >> jennifer: susan rice has been under assault as of late. >> obama: when they go after the u.n. ambassador apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me. >> jennifer: alrighty then. things under control here. we'll just get on back to our regularly scheduled programming. previously on "capitalcapitol affair"." >> obama: general pet
of we'll see you next time. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," the president speaks directly to the american people. mitt romney let's down his guard among a group of fundraisers haven't we seen this movie before? with much of washington still in the throws of general disarray, the president holds his first post election press conference. as to this mandate business. >> obama: i got one mandate. i got a mandate to help...
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>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight on in "the war room," the nature of war fair is changing, while the nature of war sadly stays the same. a century's-old conflict as the crisis in gaza deepens, the most pressing question is what is the end game? but beyond the obvious want for stability and end of suffering, another question lingers, with terms like drone strikes becoming increasingly familiar it seems evident that modern warfare is entering a new stage, to which we ask, where does that leave the quest for peace? ♪ >> jennifer: leaders from israel and gaza met in egypt today to discuss a possible drawdown with u.s. secretary general. for now, though the fighting continues. israeli air strikes killed nearly 40 people today, groups in gaza respondented by shooting nearly 100 rockets in israel. and on the israeli side of the border things appeared remarkably calm today. this picture has caused a stir online. it shows israelis watching passively as in-coming missiles sail over head. so why to israelis feel so co
>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight on in "the war room," the nature of war fair is changing, while the nature of war sadly stays the same. a century's-old conflict as the crisis in gaza deepens, the most pressing question is what is the end game? but beyond the obvious want for stability and end of suffering, another question lingers, with terms like drone strikes becoming increasingly familiar it seems evident that modern warfare is entering a new stage, to which we...
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>> jennifer: yes! yes! [ laughter ] >> john: they are fighting about baseball, folks. >> jennifer: when the yankees win in post season democrats lose the presidential race. when the yankees lose generally republicans win. go tigers! where is your loyalty the country or the damn yankees? >> eliot: you are making more of the classic logical fallacies -- >> john: i can tell when it is an election year or non-election year because the mets aren't in the playoffs. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: let's talk about candy crowley. what impact does she have? if she does follow-ups do the candidates storm off of the stage? >> eliot: she is the most powerful person on the stage. she with pierce mitt romney's balloon, she can look him in the eye and say, sir, that does not add up. does she want to do that? does she do it once to each of them? only she knows the answer. she is a great journalist it will be fun to watch. >> john: i had a soft spot in my heart ever since cnn inturned her on the bob dole campaign. she united the
>> jennifer: yes! yes! [ laughter ] >> john: they are fighting about baseball, folks. >> jennifer: when the yankees win in post season democrats lose the presidential race. when the yankees lose generally republicans win. go tigers! where is your loyalty the country or the damn yankees? >> eliot: you are making more of the classic logical fallacies -- >> john: i can tell when it is an election year or non-election year because the mets aren't in the playoffs. [...
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. >> jennifer: you bet. when we last talked to you, you were in the throws of battling this scott brown recall stuff. how is early voting doing? and do we have any idea who has the edge of that in wisconsin? >> we have been very pleased with the way that early vote is shaping up. we have had lines every day in our democratic base areas across the state, we have had rallies and events and we feel like we have the edge in early vote it started a week ago and we have seen lines ever since. so we're very excited. >> jennifer: wisconsin's early voting ends the friday before the election instead through the weekend, how does that affect your efforts to get out the vote? >> we know on saturday mornings we'll have thousands of volunteers out pounding the pavement and communicating with voters to get that vote out on tuesday. there is a final push at the end of the week to get every early vote cast come friday. and i don't think it has a big impact as far as we're concerned with our strategy. >> jennifer: was this a
. >> jennifer: you bet. when we last talked to you, you were in the throws of battling this scott brown recall stuff. how is early voting doing? and do we have any idea who has the edge of that in wisconsin? >> we have been very pleased with the way that early vote is shaping up. we have had lines every day in our democratic base areas across the state, we have had rallies and events and we feel like we have the edge in early vote it started a week ago and we have seen lines ever...
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>> jennifer: right. joe biden was saying that on -- to the press yesterday and we all know that the 60% number, 60% of people are now saying they think that taxes have to be a component of it. but because your hand is stronger, from a tactical perspective, do you think it is better to have the democrats sort of set the deal and bring it to the republicans or to wait for the republicans to bring the deal to the democrats? >> well, i think that we need -- obviously we've got to sit down and listen and work together. i think we should operate from a position of strength, at least when it comes from the standpoint of saying -- you know, middle-class families and seniors have paid enough in this situation. i feel very strongly that the top two rates of the bush tax cuts need to expire. that we need to say very clearly we're willing to negotiate. there is a whole range of things to negotiate on. but not the basics. we need to set this -- that folks who have done really well in the last decade need to help pay
>> jennifer: right. joe biden was saying that on -- to the press yesterday and we all know that the 60% number, 60% of people are now saying they think that taxes have to be a component of it. but because your hand is stronger, from a tactical perspective, do you think it is better to have the democrats sort of set the deal and bring it to the republicans or to wait for the republicans to bring the deal to the democrats? >> well, i think that we need -- obviously we've got to sit...
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i'm jennifer granholm. we've been talking about voter depression. but there is the very real issue of voteer suppression. is the war really on the american voter and battles are raging across the country. florida governor rick scott reported another voter purge. and the state of ohio is reporting voting for all non-military citizens. and in pennsylvania, interest is big news about voteer suppression there. it has to do with judge robert e. simpson. he upheld the voter law that requires voters to have a specific government i.d. he upheld that law even though the state admitted they had no evidence none, of voteer fraud. therefore, no reason to have the law in place had the first place. this voteer i.d. law could dis disenfrandisenfranchise 750,000 people. judge simpson is a republican. and this law was pushed through the republican-run state legislature, signed by a republican governor, and judge simpson is convinced that this comes from his decision, quote the provisions are neutral and none discriminatory and apply uniformly to all voters. i'm just
i'm jennifer granholm. we've been talking about voter depression. but there is the very real issue of voteer suppression. is the war really on the american voter and battles are raging across the country. florida governor rick scott reported another voter purge. and the state of ohio is reporting voting for all non-military citizens. and in pennsylvania, interest is big news about voteer suppression there. it has to do with judge robert e. simpson. he upheld the voter law that requires voters...
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. >>> >>> i'm >> jennifer:. tonight in "the war room," well, that was interesting the party of no, turns into the party of i, i am willing to tell lies, i'm already looking forward to 2016, as in i -- oh i can't even go there. tell just gop what happened to we? as in we the people. >> all in favor signify by say saying aye! >> aye! >> jennifer: i guess that answers that. ♪ >> mitt romney's speech last night, he rolled out a new strategy to win over former obama voters. he said i know you liked him. i know you were excited about him, but don't you think it might be time to give someone else a try? listen. >> romney: if you felt that excitement when you voted for barack obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he is president obama? [ cheers and applause ] >> romney: you know there is something wrong with the kind of job he has done as president, when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jennifer: it's okay obama voters. it's not you. it's him. he let
. >>> >>> i'm >> jennifer:. tonight in "the war room," well, that was interesting the party of no, turns into the party of i, i am willing to tell lies, i'm already looking forward to 2016, as in i -- oh i can't even go there. tell just gop what happened to we? as in we the people. >> all in favor signify by say saying aye! >> aye! >> jennifer: i guess that answers that. ♪ >> mitt romney's speech last night, he rolled out a new...
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i'm jennifer granholm. if you feel like there has been a lot more presidential campaign tv commercials this year than there was in 2008, you would be right. four years ago, about 637,000 adsed a aired at this point in the race. this year, that number has sky rock setted to 915,000 commercials, a 44% increase. unbelievable. enough to make you long for the days when political tv ads were a novelty. well, tonight in part two of our eight-part series the selling of the presidents. barry lank takes us back to when it all began. >> it was 1952 television was the big new thing. >> eisenhower answers america. >> dwight eisenhower's team lead the way to bring the candidate right into america's living rooms. >> help me put the lid on crazy government spending. >> the ads were very effective. they made more than 40 eisenhower america spots. >> the camera in eisenhower was looking up to him, and the voters voters -- he was looking down a bit. adley stevens felt it was not proper to run the ads. >> eisenhower won by a l
i'm jennifer granholm. if you feel like there has been a lot more presidential campaign tv commercials this year than there was in 2008, you would be right. four years ago, about 637,000 adsed a aired at this point in the race. this year, that number has sky rock setted to 915,000 commercials, a 44% increase. unbelievable. enough to make you long for the days when political tv ads were a novelty. well, tonight in part two of our eight-part series the selling of the presidents. barry lank takes...
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. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. and tonight in "the war room," it's good to know that washington has not lost its touch when it comes to a scandal. previously on capitol affair. >> because the american people expect us to we are. >> can grover win him back proving once and for all that he's a serious man. >> the president was committed elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> more intriguing details the spy and the biographer and the lady that the biographer didn't like bengahzi and i think peter king is in there somewhere. like sands through an hour glass, so--what? copyrighted, got it. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: this year a record setting 20 women were elected to the senate overall and there will be more women serving in congress than ever before. it's not just family female leaders who are making their voices heard but the female voters who voteed overwhelmingly for president obama. there was a 20-percent gender gap, the largest gender gap that gallop ever recorded. no
. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. and tonight in "the war room," it's good to know that washington has not lost its touch when it comes to a scandal. previously on capitol affair. >> because the american people expect us to we are. >> can grover win him back proving once and for all that he's a serious man. >> the president was committed elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> more intriguing details the spy and the...
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have a great >> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm tonight in "the war room" there's mutiny afoot. who will save this ship of fools? team romney moves from pull-on panic to finger pointing with acceptance and grieving sure to follow. the campaign is a mess. but this is a ceo group backed by the party of responsibilities, no surprise that only one man will shoulder the responsibility and that man is stewart stevens. way, who? ♪ >> jennifer: have a disastrous week that had rom any slipping in the polling and bungling his response town rest in the middle east. his campaign is going into serious reboot mode. what is he doing now? he is rolling out new ads, hyping up his stale-old, five-point plan. a detail free document that didn't get any traction the last time he rolled it out. >> trade has to work for america. that means crack down on trade fors like china. next balance the budget. we have got to cut the deficit. and finally, champion small business. we put those in place we'll add 12 million new jobs in four years. >> five points. where is this new -- well actually this old strat
have a great >> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm tonight in "the war room" there's mutiny afoot. who will save this ship of fools? team romney moves from pull-on panic to finger pointing with acceptance and grieving sure to follow. the campaign is a mess. but this is a ceo group backed by the party of responsibilities, no surprise that only one man will shoulder the responsibility and that man is stewart stevens. way, who? ♪ >> jennifer: have a disastrous week that had...
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>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room. the busy world out there headlines and breaking ban news banners break our focus on abroad and the economy here at home. but there is always something missing. is there no room for a crisis who is long past the point of being potential. or is there no market for it. a faded media interest of hurricane sandy despite the fact that there are those reeling because of hurricane sandy. it's november 30, 2012 and our planet is in jeopardy i. if you haven't heard about it today. don't worry, it will be the same story tomorrow 31 [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: many people think that climate change only threatens the future and won't effect them. try telling that to the victims of super storm sandy. it's been over a month since sandy slammed the east coast and killed 120 people in the u.s. and caused billions of dollars of damage. unless you live in one of the affected areas you probably think things are back to norm. but that's because the media is barely cleaning up the cleanup efforts. in ne
>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room. the busy world out there headlines and breaking ban news banners break our focus on abroad and the economy here at home. but there is always something missing. is there no room for a crisis who is long past the point of being potential. or is there no market for it. a faded media interest of hurricane sandy despite the fact that there are those reeling because of hurricane sandy. it's november 30, 2012 and our planet is in...
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. >> jennifer: in 1969, dr. elizabeth kubler ross described what she called the classic five stages of grief. denial anger bargaining, depression and acceptance. and republicans, i'm sorry to say it, that pretty well describes your party after the shellacking you got in the election. some members of your party are further along in the stages of grief but the republicans all seem to fall somewhere along that spectrum. let's take a look. so first there's denial. as in everything's fine! carry on. none of this is really happening! that's where the majority of the republicans, at least in congress are. but we should cut them a little slack. afterall everybody from peggy noonan to karl rove assured them they would be in the white house by this time so they're understandably shock and distressed and poor speaker john boehner is hopelessly stuck in that stage. his is, of course, willful denial. a stubborn refusal to recognize reality are. but it is denial nonetheless. today, he dug in his heels. he refused to budge. he
. >> jennifer: in 1969, dr. elizabeth kubler ross described what she called the classic five stages of grief. denial anger bargaining, depression and acceptance. and republicans, i'm sorry to say it, that pretty well describes your party after the shellacking you got in the election. some members of your party are further along in the stages of grief but the republicans all seem to fall somewhere along that spectrum. let's take a look. so first there's denial. as in everything's fine!...
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. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," fiscal cliffs, scandalous falls from grace a teachable moment on the avoidance of each. tonight on capitol affair, the other woman the other general thousands of e-mails some flirtatious. hearings will be called. careers will be ruined. cliches will be used. >> this has the elements in some way of a hollywood movie. >> innocent though uncomfortable photo ops will come under scrutiny. it is a story about soldiers and the women they loved all in a special place called tampa. >> jennifer: up first tonight, the latest on the scandal that's rocking washington. the intelligence community and the upper echelons of our military. as you know, former four star general and c.i.a. chief david petraeus, here he is, quit last week after admitting that he had an affair with his biographer, paula broadwell. now, paula broadwell allegedly sent threatening e-mails to jill kelley who is a "tampa socialite" who did charitable work for the military. broadwell apparently thought
. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," fiscal cliffs, scandalous falls from grace a teachable moment on the avoidance of each. tonight on capitol affair, the other woman the other general thousands of e-mails some flirtatious. hearings will be called. careers will be ruined. cliches will be used. >> this has the elements in some way of a hollywood movie. >> innocent though uncomfortable photo ops will come under scrutiny. it is a story about...
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i'll see you here >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. and i'm in love with a car. an electric car. with slick lines and hip style it's the strong, silent type that knows how to hug the curves in just the right way. i guess virginia slims did have it right. we've come a long way baby. >> release the gas. step on the clutch. shift into high. release the clutch. step on the gas. but in a smart new oldsmobile, just step on the gas and go! >> jennifer: this week and tonight, we're going to peer into the future and look at the latest marvels of modern engineering at the annual los angeles auto show. and the future is a deep shade of green with electric cars galore. be still my beating heart. g.m. alone is unveiling two new electric models and predicts it is going to sell 500,000 electric cars in the next five years. and one of them that's getting a lot of the buzz is this cute little guy the chevy spark. it's entirely electric. it goes 0 to 60 in 8 seconds and it charges in just 20 minutes. plus, it's cheaper than many rivals. it costs about $25,000 after a federal tax credit. but, of co
i'll see you here >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. and i'm in love with a car. an electric car. with slick lines and hip style it's the strong, silent type that knows how to hug the curves in just the right way. i guess virginia slims did have it right. we've come a long way baby. >> release the gas. step on the clutch. shift into high. release the clutch. step on the gas. but in a smart new oldsmobile, just step on the gas and go! >> jennifer: this week and tonight, we're...
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. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," two tests of leadership, of resolve of morality. one on guns, the other on the fiscal cliff. who will swim with the current and who will stand like a rock against the tide? >> jennifer: four days after one of the world's -- one of the world's -- the nation's worst tragedies. school tragedies on record. do you know where your pension money is? for some teachers, the answer is very troubling. california public school teachers who lost six of their own in the newtown shooting, they are actually invested in the private equity firm that owns some of the world's biggest gun manufacturers. as we reported after the aurora shooting this past spring, cerberus kappel owns the freedom group, the world's largest firearm distributor. the freedom group produces over half of all semi-automatic rifles sold every year including the one that was used in the newtown massacre. the california teacher a pension fund has about $751 million invested in the company that is responsibl
. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," two tests of leadership, of resolve of morality. one on guns, the other on the fiscal cliff. who will swim with the current and who will stand like a rock against the tide? >> jennifer: four days after one of the world's -- one of the world's -- the nation's worst tragedies. school tragedies on record. do you know where your pension money is? for some teachers, the answer is very troubling. california public...
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>> jennifer: right. >> they will try to make this more about the president. >> jennifer: what i think is going to be interesting on this, duf is if mitt romney is going to focus on the things that truly have been debunked before then he is going to be in a very awkward position, when he says he is going to prove that what the president said is a lie. >> i think really what is more important is that he is going to point out, look, president obama promised us that unemployment wouldn't be this high -- >> jennifer: that's another lie. he didn't promise that it was going to be 8% or less -- >> just christine roamer his chief economic -- >> jennifer: but that's the given up four pants on fire pinocchio rating as well. >> i think the american people understand when he was selling the stimulus program, he was not promising we would have more than 8% unemployment. he did say that health costs would go down and it's not. >> jennifer: all right. you know we can go on about this. duf sundheim and peter fenn, thanks
>> jennifer: right. >> they will try to make this more about the president. >> jennifer: what i think is going to be interesting on this, duf is if mitt romney is going to focus on the things that truly have been debunked before then he is going to be in a very awkward position, when he says he is going to prove that what the president said is a lie. >> i think really what is more important is that he is going to point out, look, president obama promised us that...
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thanks to all of my >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," take a guess. ♪ [♪ theme music ♪] >> jennifer: individual mandate gun control, abortion -- oh hi there. just doing a little cleaning up. i don't need these flip flops anymore. although i'll keep a few of them. just throwing them away. i know it's unattractive to gloat, but let me allow ourselves to luxuriate for just a moment. it was a triumphant night. >> obama: tonight in this election, you, the american people reminded us that while our road has been hard while our journey has been long we have picked ourselves up. we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts for the united states of america the best is yet to come. [ cheers ] >> but it wasn't such a good night for the republicans who can't seem to get it. poor things. they have got their blinders on. they have got their feet in cement. they are still refusing to acknowledge that the world has evolved; that their universe of while maleness deficit obsession, zero tax pledges, and their 20th
thanks to all of my >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," take a guess. ♪ [♪ theme music ♪] >> jennifer: individual mandate gun control, abortion -- oh hi there. just doing a little cleaning up. i don't need these flip flops anymore. although i'll keep a few of them. just throwing them away. i know it's unattractive to gloat, but let me allow ourselves to luxuriate for just a moment. it was a triumphant night. >> obama: tonight in this...
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welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you, jennifer. >> jennifer: in your opinion what was the defining moment? >> for me the take away was that interesting generational conflict there. i felt like i was watching a dad and son having a fight at the dinner table. and the age thing can cut either way. if you are the older candidate you look past your prime or you look wise and experienced. i thought that disparity there favored biden. >> jennifer: so you thought that ryan looked like too youthful, too inexperienced? >> yeah, he did. by comparison and also their dynamics. the way they were relating to each other. i thought it looked like biden was going to ground him at the end of the evening and take away his car keys. >> jennifer: i thought biden's showing years of experience callingnetenyahu, bb and long time buddies, and he knows his providence so well. although i thought paul ryan probably had the names down well, but clearly he had not been there because he is not as seasoned. i'll just they. was the vice president effective in debunking the republican misstatements and lies
welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you, jennifer. >> jennifer: in your opinion what was the defining moment? >> for me the take away was that interesting generational conflict there. i felt like i was watching a dad and son having a fight at the dinner table. and the age thing can cut either way. if you are the older candidate you look past your prime or you look wise and experienced. i thought that disparity there favored biden. >> jennifer: so you...
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jennifer: all right. so romney's now showing a new strategy in ohio which is showing empathy. is that going to work in ohio? >> he's got obviously a long way to go. it is not just about empathy. it is about articulating what would he do different. will he bring jobs back to the country that have been lost by china trade deals and other trade deals. would he strengthen american manufacturing, stop the outsourcing? he needs to be very specific if he has any chance and right now it looks like president obama because of his support for the auto industry, the steel industry has done well, because of that, it's going to be very difficult for romney to make up that ground. >> jennifer: ohio's unemployment rate, as we all know is about a point below the national average. do you think that ohioans are feeling that economic recovery and they're giving the president some credit for that? >> i tell you, there are some marginal gains that he has because of that. but you know, just -- a word of caution and i think you'
jennifer: all right. so romney's now showing a new strategy in ohio which is showing empathy. is that going to work in ohio? >> he's got obviously a long way to go. it is not just about empathy. it is about articulating what would he do different. will he bring jobs back to the country that have been lost by china trade deals and other trade deals. would he strengthen american manufacturing, stop the outsourcing? he needs to be very specific if he has any chance and right now it looks...
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too bad. ♪ >> jennifer: good evening, i'm jennifer grandholm. and i'm exhausted. as you may have heard i gave this little speech last night at the democratic national convention. it was totally fun, exciting a wild ride. there was so much energy inside the convention hall i just had to hold on for dear life as i road the waves. okay, maybe i dot a little carried away but it was such an honor to be asked to speak, i figured the least i could do is give it all i have got. and that's what politics does to me. it gets me fired up. and being from michigan you throw in mitt romney telling us to go bankrupt and then later taken credit for the turn around, i almost lost my mind. so for now know that we throw ourselves into it, because this stuff is important. it matters. it's about jobs and families and futures, and for some people it is literally about life and death, and we heard passion from all sides. people yelling about cars. people yelling at chairs. so sometimes you just got to leave it all on the floor. we all just plowed through an intense two weeks of political
too bad. ♪ >> jennifer: good evening, i'm jennifer grandholm. and i'm exhausted. as you may have heard i gave this little speech last night at the democratic national convention. it was totally fun, exciting a wild ride. there was so much energy inside the convention hall i just had to hold on for dear life as i road the waves. okay, maybe i dot a little carried away but it was such an honor to be asked to speak, i figured the least i could do is give it all i have got. and that's what...
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. ♪ >> jennifer: you are back inside "the war room." i'm jennifer grandholm. a batch of new polls suggest that president obama is well on his way to winning a second term. let's take a look at a few of them. today's national journal survey likely voters have president obama ahead. president obama is also doing well in a few crucial swing states. out today, the president leads romney 48 to 44%. and in virginia romney lags 3 points behind the president. 43 to 46. but people remember do not! i repeat -- do not put the cart before the horse. joining us from berkeley is former labor secretary robert reich. thanks for sticks around because you wrote a great opinion piece in huntington post. tell us what your reaction is when you hear the pundits saying it isover. >> it's not over. don't be complaisant out there. we have two more jobs reports coming. those reports, if they are as bad as the august reports -- and they may be given what is happening in europe, china is slowing down a lot -- japan -- all around the world we have economic problems. given that, that may b
. ♪ >> jennifer: you are back inside "the war room." i'm jennifer grandholm. a batch of new polls suggest that president obama is well on his way to winning a second term. let's take a look at a few of them. today's national journal survey likely voters have president obama ahead. president obama is also doing well in a few crucial swing states. out today, the president leads romney 48 to 44%. and in virginia romney lags 3 points behind the president. 43 to 46. but people...
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big bird survived. >> jennifer: whoo! >> but with respect to the concept of liberalism democrats and republicans make a major mistake if they think it is about ideology. last night was about listening and counting. the republicans did not count who was voting or listen to the concerns of what the voters were. and you saw some republicans who understood early on we were in trouble -- >> jennifer: meaning the republicans didn't listen to women -- >> women, latinos, asians because we just keep saying we want less government. and then we just leave it out there. what we need to do is take the extra step and say we want government to be a partner, but make it more efficient, and get rid of everything else. the liberal conservative thing is really passe. >> jennifer: so j.d. you heard that from somebody who has a more expensive view of the republican party. what is your take on that? >> first of all, i'm not here -- i appreciate we're back to one of the television entertainment things. let's get two republicans together and hav
big bird survived. >> jennifer: whoo! >> but with respect to the concept of liberalism democrats and republicans make a major mistake if they think it is about ideology. last night was about listening and counting. the republicans did not count who was voting or listen to the concerns of what the voters were. and you saw some republicans who understood early on we were in trouble -- >> jennifer: meaning the republicans didn't listen to women -- >> women, latinos, asians...
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thank you for coming back inside "the war room." >> my pleasure jennifer. >> jennifer: just tonight darrell issa released documents that showed that the state department dropped the ball in keeping ambassador stephens safe. but it actually revealed the names of locals working with the u.s., and exposed them to the very groups that attacked the consulate. so how dangerous is it that he is revealing these documents? >> i think it shows, jennifer the problem that you have when you have a serious foreign policy issue getting caught up in gotcha politics. here you have an instance where perhaps congressman issa really overstepped his bounds and now some people might be in danger. i didn't see what was knew beyond what we have already learned last week which were scathing for the state department and lead secretary clinton to take responsibility for the whole debacle. i don't see this issue going away unfortunately in terms of the politics of it. >> jennifer: they certainly revealed nothing new in terms of what happened next but they certainly did reveal something new in terms of names of people
thank you for coming back inside "the war room." >> my pleasure jennifer. >> jennifer: just tonight darrell issa released documents that showed that the state department dropped the ball in keeping ambassador stephens safe. but it actually revealed the names of locals working with the u.s., and exposed them to the very groups that attacked the consulate. so how dangerous is it that he is revealing these documents? >> i think it shows, jennifer the problem that you...
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stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," the line of attack against president obama. all right, let's go, mitt. you're getting a beatdown in swing states. your campaign has been off message for more than a month. and in the direction of international incident there is now a picture of you. come on, show me something. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work and you wouldn't have to train for a job. >> if i'm president i'll put work back in welfare. >> jennifer: oh dear, if you're going to lie and we know you are, don't set yourself up at the same time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> in 1996 president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped in welfare as we know it requiring work for welfare. on jewel 12th president obama quietly announced a plan dropping work requirements. under obama's plan you would not have to work or train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> jennifer: that is mitt romney's newest attack add accusing
stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," the line of attack against president obama. all right, let's go, mitt. you're getting a beatdown in swing states. your campaign has been off message for more than a month. and in the direction of international incident there is now a picture of you. come on, show me something. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work and you wouldn't have to train...
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>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm, where politics. >> tea partyers are stirring and ready to fight and red state were primed to ignite. boehner was trapped in a box that was tight. he since the battle rages on for the soul of the right. but perhaps we shouldn't rub our hands until it's over, for the last map standing in fact, might be named grover. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: earlier today emotion came to the senate floor to ratified a treaty on the disabled. it's modeled on the landmark of merges withamericans . he claimed u.s. sovereignty so the tea party is now in from its right flank. it's not just about the united nations. 24 hours an speaker john boehner put a budget offer on the table the tea party is threatening to throw him over board. what is his great plan? raising revenues--aah. the details are pretty vague, but we know his plan would raise $800 billion in revenue closing some unnamed loopholes while sparing the top earners from any more taxes. tea partyers object to raising any revenue at all. on the other side the president is not pleased with boehner's plan because he
>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm, where politics. >> tea partyers are stirring and ready to fight and red state were primed to ignite. boehner was trapped in a box that was tight. he since the battle rages on for the soul of the right. but perhaps we shouldn't rub our hands until it's over, for the last map standing in fact, might be named grover. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: earlier today emotion came to the senate floor to ratified a treaty on the disabled. it's modeled...
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atatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," it was a big day on the campaign trail. for the most battered participant in this 2012 election. the truth. >> it's insulting to say that these are political speeches because that's one thing i do not do is political speeches. >> you can deny it. you can suppress it. you can mock it. you can ignore it when it is right in front of your face but here's the thing about the truth. a, it's bigger than you. b, it has more friends. before you line up against it, just remember that history picks winners and losers and all of the winners have one thing in common. >> jennifer: five days until the election! and 72 hours since super storm sandy barreled head-long into the jersey shore. since then very serious stuff. whole neighborhoods like breezy point, queens, have been burned to the ground. houses have tumbled into the ocean. 87 people have died. seven million have lost power. and there are estimates that the storm could cost $50 billion. whole stretches of new york
atatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," it was a big day on the campaign trail. for the most battered participant in this 2012 election. the truth. >> it's insulting to say that these are political speeches because that's one thing i do not do is political speeches. >> you can deny it. you can suppress it. you can mock it. you can ignore it when it is right in front of your face but here's the...
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: i'm jennifer granholm. mitt romney speaks to the naacp and all of our heads explode. >> i'm many think i'm running for office to help the rich. nonsense, the rich will do just fine whether i'm elected or not itch. >> jennifer: you said you don't care about poor people, and your policies are a disaster for the middle class why are you running again? truth is that is just another romney lies. not a secret one at that. secrets and lies, it's bread and butter for political hacks. eat up, mitt. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> romney: i submit to you this, if you want to president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are looking at him. [ boos ] you take a look. >> jennifer: take a look. oh, mitt they're looking but they don't like what they see. so i want to begin tonight's show with a shout out to you mitt. you inspire me. why you ask? well because almost everything that comes out of your mouth is either a distortion or an outright lie. i'm making it this show's mission to point it out on a d
: i'm jennifer granholm. mitt romney speaks to the naacp and all of our heads explode. >> i'm many think i'm running for office to help the rich. nonsense, the rich will do just fine whether i'm elected or not itch. >> jennifer: you said you don't care about poor people, and your policies are a disaster for the middle class why are you running again? truth is that is just another romney lies. not a secret one at that. secrets and lies, it's bread and butter for political hacks. eat...
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>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," a scene i never thought i would live to see in my beloved michigan. protestors fighting for the very existence of the unions that built that state. that built the middle class. that built this amazing country. someone, please tell me what are we becoming? >> jennifer: tonight we're going to go straight to the state of michigan where more than 10,000 protestors descended on lansing, the capitol to raise their voices against harsh new anti-labor laws. >> right to work has got to go! >> he wants to turn us around make $10 an hour, what are we going to do for our families? >> jennifer: preach it, sir. despite the uproar outside the capitol, inside it, the republican-led legislature still passed right-to-work legislation today. that legislation would muzzle the union voice in michigan by taking away the requirement that everyone who's in a union shop should pay union dues. you might ask why is that a big deal. well if not everyone's required to pay you're going t
>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," a scene i never thought i would live to see in my beloved michigan. protestors fighting for the very existence of the unions that built that state. that built the middle class. that built this amazing country. someone, please tell me what are we becoming? >> jennifer: tonight we're going to go straight to the state of michigan where more than 10,000 protestors descended on lansing, the capitol to raise their...
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stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room there is a forecast for an impending disaster. there is a storm heading to tampa. it's full of hot air changes direction and offers nothing but rainy days. yes, even clouds are barren. the silver lining has been strip mined and stashed away in an offshore account. and forget about umbrellas slickers ponchos this storm outstorms the bunch. and at this point it rains especially hard on the middle class. >> everybody here has got a vote. if we go back and we keep the eye on the prize, let's take thiessan of a pitches out and give america back to where we belong. >> jennifer: that is the always outspoken wonderful steamster president at liberty rally last year, urging workers to confront the tea party because american workers are under siege. and their unease is borne out in a new gallup poll. it shows that 40% of u.s. workers are worried that their job benefits will be cut in their lifetime. there is reason to be concerned. doctor consider these statistics. accord
stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room there is a forecast for an impending disaster. there is a storm heading to tampa. it's full of hot air changes direction and offers nothing but rainy days. yes, even clouds are barren. the silver lining has been strip mined and stashed away in an offshore account. and forget about umbrellas slickers ponchos this storm outstorms the bunch. and at this point it rains...
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. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," mitt, you're not having a bad day. you're just running a horrible campaign! >> 47% who are -- they're victims who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe they're entitled to healthcare and food and housing you name it. these are the people -- 47% of americans pay no income tax. >> jennifer: mitt, just be quiet! >> romney: it is not elegantly stated, let me put it that way. >> jennifer: fine, pass the grey poupon then just be quiet! >> jennifer: back in 1926, the peak of the roar '20s and three years before the great wall street crash sent this country spiraling into a deep depression, f. scott fitzgerald, famously wrote "let me tell you about the very rich. they are different from you and me." now, he wasn't talking simply about their vast material wealth. but about their world view. as nobel prize winning economist paul krugman put it "many of the very rich expect a level of deference that the rest of us never experience and are deeply distressed when they don't get the special treatm
. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," mitt, you're not having a bad day. you're just running a horrible campaign! >> 47% who are -- they're victims who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe they're entitled to healthcare and food and housing you name it. these are the people -- 47% of americans pay no income tax. >> jennifer: mitt, just be quiet! >> romney: it is not elegantly stated, let me put it...
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right now a great special with governor jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: tonight in "the war room," the politics of putting politics aside. >> election day. it doesn't matter a lick to me. at the moment. >> jennifer: sandy on the eastern seaboard was terrifying, the light of day revealed it had brought was devastating. millions without power. thousands without homes. the damage to infrastructure and property at the moment incalculable. a disas of historic proportions the only silver lining, typical american response. >> obama: during the darkness of the storm, we saw what's brightest in america. >> jennifer: tonight for the next two hours it is "the war room" special coverage of sandy and politics. let's go right to new jersey where we have abc news correspondent t.j. winnick on the ground in cape may. he's on the part of the jersey shore that was hit hardest by the storm. t.j. welcome inside "the war room". >> jennifer, good to be here. thank you. >> jennifer: governor chris christie said tonight that the jersey shore of his childhood is gone. what does it look like on the ground? >> w
right now a great special with governor jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: tonight in "the war room," the politics of putting politics aside. >> election day. it doesn't matter a lick to me. at the moment. >> jennifer: sandy on the eastern seaboard was terrifying, the light of day revealed it had brought was devastating. millions without power. thousands without homes. the damage to infrastructure and property at the moment incalculable. a disas of historic proportions...
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. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight on "the war room" things heat up on the campaign front. summer is here and the republicans have settled on a message. >> get the hell off the beach. >> jennifer: i mean aside from that. >> we're right, and they're wrong. >> jennifer: there, that's more like it. the presidential campaign enters the dog days and changes in season means changes in strategy. tonight in "the war room." school is in. >> obama: the truth of the matter is as i said we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. >> romney: is he really that out of touch? i think he's defining what it means to be detached and out of touch with the american people. >> mr. president take it from me, the private sector is not doing well. listen, the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs? >> my question would be to the president, are you kidding? >> jennifer: oh my gosh, listen to g.o.p. leaders you would think that the pr
. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight on "the war room" things heat up on the campaign front. summer is here and the republicans have settled on a message. >> get the hell off the beach. >> jennifer: i mean aside from that. >> we're right, and they're wrong. >> jennifer: there, that's more like it. the presidential campaign enters the dog days and changes in season means changes in strategy. tonight in "the war room." school is in....
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>> jennifer: right. karl an article that was in "politico" today actually lays the blame of mitt romney's flailing candidacy solely at mitt romney's feet. do you agree with that? >> in part. if mitt romney's, you know message that's getting out there -- i think his big mistake was thinking he could push this extremely conservative agenda and get elected president. but he is only reflects the modern republican party that is controlled by the tea party at the moment. and that's one of the reasons he is having such troubles this time around. >> jennifer: yeah i think the effort to blame mitt romney for this is part of the scapegoating beginning right now. the republican party is to blame for the ridiculous positions that the mitt romney platform and the republican party platform holds. now let me ask you, cheryl because we're seeing some excitement in iowa with this early voting. we know that ohio will start early voting next week. that enthusiasm is boding well for democrats. however, we also know in ohio
>> jennifer: right. karl an article that was in "politico" today actually lays the blame of mitt romney's flailing candidacy solely at mitt romney's feet. do you agree with that? >> in part. if mitt romney's, you know message that's getting out there -- i think his big mistake was thinking he could push this extremely conservative agenda and get elected president. but he is only reflects the modern republican party that is controlled by the tea party at the moment. and...
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>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm, tonight in "the war room," here are four of the most provacative words in the english language: i have an idea. [♪ theme music ♪] >> jennifer: last night on cnn, larry prat the president of the group gun owners of america proposed an idea for how to stop mass killings. flood the country with more guns so all of that so-called good guys are armed. >> with guns come safety if the guns are in the hands of the good guys. if you believe and understand that there is evil in the world, you try as your first line of defense to solve it psychiatrically. you protect yourself with a gun. >> jennifer: in other words create an army of individual landties. listen to this. >> good guys carrying guns can and do make a difference. the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> jennifer: but the facts just do not bare that out. consider the gabby giffords shooting. an armedman was there and afterwards he tells reporters this. >> i carry a weapon and when i heard gunfire i ran out and i would have shot him. >> jennifer: the man he thought
>> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm, tonight in "the war room," here are four of the most provacative words in the english language: i have an idea. [♪ theme music ♪] >> jennifer: last night on cnn, larry prat the president of the group gun owners of america proposed an idea for how to stop mass killings. flood the country with more guns so all of that so-called good guys are armed. >> with guns come safety if the guns are in the hands of the good guys. if you...
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>> jennifer: no comment. mcconnell did express sympathy for the families and victims, but said nothing about guns. how hard do you think it is going to be to get these republicans to support at least the assault weapons ban? >> i -- i think it is going to be difficult, jennifer to be completely candid about it. they have said no to every bit of legislation whether it's gun control or for that matter anything else. certainly everyone who has a memory over the last four years, they don't want to have the nra against them. but these images the understanding of the necessity of doing something to reduce the easy access particularly by people with mental illnesses, easy access to guns. the country overwhelmingly understands that. what the nra and what many people say who are gun supporters, they say look guns don't kill people people kill people. but we understand that we have to have licensing even for -- to drive a car. even to do all sorts of things that are potentially unsafe in the wrong hands. we have got to
>> jennifer: no comment. mcconnell did express sympathy for the families and victims, but said nothing about guns. how hard do you think it is going to be to get these republicans to support at least the assault weapons ban? >> i -- i think it is going to be difficult, jennifer to be completely candid about it. they have said no to every bit of legislation whether it's gun control or for that matter anything else. certainly everyone who has a memory over the last four years, they...
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. >> wait a second. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm. tonight in "the war room," my presidential ambitions are sinking like a stone, and mitt romney has a bad hair day. wait a minute that doesn't sound right. >> i attempted to go back to that wonderful line about ronald reagan, there you go again. >> clinton used that the other day in the democratic convention. >> jennifer: good god man now even your boys in congress are proving useless. >> let's have a big hand for the cute and curvaceous jennifer grandholm. >> jennifer: oh, right. ♪ >> jennifer: we're going to start with big news on the campaign front today. mitt romney who staked his entire campaign on the premise that he would do a better job on the economy than the president, is now trailing the president on the issue of the -- wait for it -- the economy. that's right. likely voters think the president would be best on the economy, 47-46. that's a narrow lead but it's the first time the president has lead on this pivotal issue on the campaign. and this news comes as the administra
. >> wait a second. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm. tonight in "the war room," my presidential ambitions are sinking like a stone, and mitt romney has a bad hair day. wait a minute that doesn't sound right. >> i attempted to go back to that wonderful line about ronald reagan, there you go again. >> clinton used that the other day in the democratic convention. >> jennifer: good god man now even your boys in congress are proving useless....
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stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room. ladies and gentlemen, mitt romney. >> romney: good morning. this is a nice spot. i know there is an effort by some people to try to bring as muchch confusion to the topic of medicare as possible. >> jennifer: oh, mitt, you're just being humble. seriously, take a bough. no one deserves credit for muddying the medicare waters more than you do. it's not just the lies but the conviction with which you tell them. and then today the white board. it was like a magic show and ineligible and stupifyingly and the flip flop performed by romney the ridiculous. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: medicare has been in the news all week. but if you're not a political junkie, or if you're not actually getting medicare, the subject of medicare is probably a bit confusing. that is, you know, what exactly what the romney campaign wants. they want to make his position on medicare confusing to you. so today he claimed to simplify things with a little white board routine
stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room. ladies and gentlemen, mitt romney. >> romney: good morning. this is a nice spot. i know there is an effort by some people to try to bring as muchch confusion to the topic of medicare as possible. >> jennifer: oh, mitt, you're just being humble. seriously, take a bough. no one deserves credit for muddying the medicare waters more than you...
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have a great weekend. [ ♪ music ♪ ] [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room, big problems require big solutions. [ ♪ music ♪ ] mitt romney hops off the jet ski and into a rare press conference jumping at the chance to tout his economic fix following a weak jobs report. >> romney: i laid out my 59 steps. look at them going through them one by one. >> jennifer: let's not. forget running against mitt romney notwithstanding, the president is up against it, a weak economy, a nervous nation, and a political machine prepared to outspend him 10-1. tonight in "the war room" the way forward. >> obama: we can't satisfied because our goal was never to just keep working to get back to where we were in 2007. i want to get back to a time when middle class families and those working to getting to middle class have some basic security. that's our goal. we got to grow the economy even faster. we got to put any more people back to work. [applause] >> jennifer: that's president obama at a campaign stop in poland ohio, today reacting to june's anemic j
have a great weekend. [ ♪ music ♪ ] [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room, big problems require big solutions. [ ♪ music ♪ ] mitt romney hops off the jet ski and into a rare press conference jumping at the chance to tout his economic fix following a weak jobs report. >> romney: i laid out my 59 steps. look at them going through them one by one. >> jennifer: let's not. forget running against mitt romney notwithstanding, the...
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cu >> jennifer: you're back inside "the war room," i'm jennifer grandholm. both president obama and governor romney are pulling out all of the stops to win colorado's nine electoral votes. the latest poll from american research group has romney leading 50% to 46%. last month the same survey had obama leading. so here is david sirota who is author of "back to our future," and cohost of a radio show. and he really knows what people are saying and things. welcome back inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: president obama was doing great until the debate in denver. what did you folks do to our president? >> i think this race was always fluid out here in colorado. there is a huge number of latino voters in this state, and mitt romney is doing terribly among latino voters. i think this will be definitely a turnout election. it is going to be a 2008 turnout or '2010 turnout, and what does that actually look like, and it's really anybody's guess right now. and i would say this, one thing that i think democrats can be -- can feel good about is
cu >> jennifer: you're back inside "the war room," i'm jennifer grandholm. both president obama and governor romney are pulling out all of the stops to win colorado's nine electoral votes. the latest poll from american research group has romney leading 50% to 46%. last month the same survey had obama leading. so here is david sirota who is author of "back to our future," and cohost of a radio show. and he really knows what people are saying and things. welcome back...